As I was composing my afterthoughts on "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"- the film and the book, an unrelated observation flashed by: Some of the greatest feminist films are made by the Japanese- Ballad of Narayama, Floating Cloud, Twenty-Four Eyes (just to name a few). The directors are invariably of the male gender, no less.
Yet it is a society that also embraces arguably the most misogynous sub-culture- annual production volume and thematic variations of their adult videos, comics, novels etc have to be the highest and most diverse in the world.
The broad, almost extreme to the point of schizophrenic, spectrum of penetrating cultural sophistication is one of the reasons for my fascination over Japanese Cinema.
Yet it is a society that also embraces arguably the most misogynous sub-culture- annual production volume and thematic variations of their adult videos, comics, novels etc have to be the highest and most diverse in the world.
The broad, almost extreme to the point of schizophrenic, spectrum of penetrating cultural sophistication is one of the reasons for my fascination over Japanese Cinema.
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